Jeremy Melloul Jeremy Melloul

Fantasy Adventure Script & Outline

This is a script and outline sample for a hypothetical single-player fantasy RPG in which the player is accompanied by NPC companions.

For: Portfolio Sample
Type: Mission
Genre: Fantasy / Action-Adventure (Single-Player RPG)
Roles: Writer

This script sample was written for a hypothetical fantasy-adventure RPG in which the player is accompanied by NPC companions. This sample includes:

  • An overview of the premise

  • The asset breakdown of the Characters, Locations, and Props featured in the outline

  • A script outline that breaks every scene down into cinematic and gameplay sections

  • A script excerpt featuring the non-interactive dialogue that occurs across both gameplay moments and cinematics.

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Fantasy NPC Description & Dialogue

A sample description and simple dialogue tree for a basic Fantasy NPC that could be found in Skyrim.

For: Portfolio Sample
Type: NPC Description & Dialogue
Genre: Fantasy (Open World RPG)
Roles: Writer

This sample introduces a hypothetical minor NPC to the world of Skyrim. The sample contains:

  • A description of the NPC

  • A schedule that defines where and when the NPC can be found

  • Greetings & farewells – barks the NPC might say at the start / end of conversations

  • A small dialogue tree – for a simple conversation with this NPC

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Sci-Fi Branching Dialogue

This sample features the branching dialogue for every scene/conversation players have with the mission giver throughout the quest.

For: Portfolio Sample
Type: Branching Dialogue
Genre: Sci-Fi (Multiplayer)
Roles: Writer

Sci-Fighter is a hypothetical sci-fi game I developed for my portfolio that’s meant as a stand-in for an open-world, sci-fi multiplayer game that features both FPS combat and spaceship combat.

I have created multiple samples for Sci-Fighter, all written to work together to show how I can weave together different types of writing to created to support a single world and story.

This sample, specifically, includes the branching dialogue for every scene/conversation players have with the mission giver throughout the quest.

Dialogue Flow Visualization

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Sci-Fi Barks

This sample features the branching dialogue for every scene/conversation players have with the mission giver throughout the quest.

For: Portfolio Sample
Type: Barks (Generic NPC)
Genre: Sci-Fi (Multiplayer)
Roles: Writer

Sci-Fighter is a hypothetical sci-fi game I developed for my portfolio that’s meant as a stand-in for an open-world, sci-fi multiplayer game that features both FPS combat and spaceship combat.

I have created multiple samples for Sci-Fighter, all written to work together to show how I can weave together different types of writing to created to support a single world and story, in this case a procedural delivery mission.

This particular sample features a set of barks for generic “Academy Cadet” NPCs designed to be found in an orbital Naval Academy (the same one described here).

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“Bardsong” Fantasy Sample Barks

Sample Barks for both a main “Bard” character and the spirits the player can summon to overcome enemies and environmental obstacles.

For: Portfolio Sample
Type: Dialogue (Barks)
Genre: Fantasy
Roles: Writer

In Bardsong you play the last of the bards, heir to a long traditional of magical storytelling. The core gameplay revolves around the player-character strumming their lute to summon legendary spirits into their own body in order to overcome enemies and environmental obstacles.

This set of sample barks features unique barks for the main player character as well as two possible spirits they can summon into their body. It also includes brief descriptions of each of the featured characters, for additional context

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